Improved apparatjs for filling barrels



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Y ticularity, making reference in so doing tothe figures denote the same parts of our invention.

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the seat a by the action of a spring, S, orits the a-pparatus,` as shownby the full lines in l Fig. 2.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

II.- A. WEBBER AND C. REIFSYDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IIvIPRovED APPARATJS FOR FILLING BARREL-Is.

To all whom it mag/'concern The valve is held open by means of thehook Be it known that we, HENRY A. Waimea 0 von H1". Wfl" Meeting von the projection and CHARLES REIFSNYDER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Self- Closing Barrel-Fillers; and we do hereby deelare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the letters and figures marked thereon, which 'orm part of this specification.

The nature of our said invention consists in a novel arrangement of a spring-valve with a' tloat operated by the pressure of the liquid when the barrel or other vessel is filled, wherethe barrel-filler is closed automatically when the-barrel isifull; and'also'in a-novel device whereby the barrel-filler is closed automatically by the pressure of the fluid in like manner whenever the barrel or eask is filled to any desired height.

To enable those skilled in the art' to under= stand how to construct and use our invention, we will proceed to describe the same with paraforesaid drawings, in whieh- A Figure 1 represents a side elevation of our invention, and Fig. 2 a vertical central section ofthe same. Similar letters ot' reference in thedil'erent A represents that part of the apparatus which is screwed or otherwise secured in the,- bung-hole of the cask to be filled, and B represents the pipe through which the luid enters the apparatus-to pass into the barrel, as indi- G represents avpiston, which fits lin the cylindrical cavity in A, being held down upon equivalent, in the position shown by the' dotted lines, aud closing the barrel-filler, thereby preventing the liquid fromthe pipe B from-en*- tering the barrel. v

H represents the pistourod,whereby the valve orpiston Gis drawn up so as to open upon the IIppI-.I- end of the piston or valve rod H.

The lever L'is pivoted or fulerumed at d, its opposite end being attached or connected with the float F by a rigid rod',j} in themanner shown.' E

F represents a float of wood or it may be ot' hollow Inetal, provided only that it shall be ol' aless specilic gravity than theliquid with which the barrel is to be filled. -The said float rests in the chamber E, which is connected with the` interior of the barrel by Ineans of the pipe D and the adjustable tube C. l

The parts being arranged as shown, the liquid ru'ns into the barrel until itI-iscs tothe lower end of the outlet-tube or vent G, when it rises at once into the chambcrE,raises the float F, detaches the catch c from' the valverod E, when the action ofthe spring S throws down the valve G andcloses the apparatus. The tube C is attached to the main apparatus by a screw, as shown, or in any suitable i mannen-to allow It to be adjusted up and down,

so that the apparatus Inay beclosed when the vbarrel is full or when filled to anylcsired height'. A

vThe apparatus mayopen at one side within the barrel, or it may open at the bottom, as

may be preferred.

` Having described the construction and op-A eration ot our invention, we will now specify' what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination ofthe valve G,vi1oat F, and lever L or its equivalent, arranged and opratingsubstantially as specified and shown.

2. III combination with a self-closing bar-rel- .ller operating substantially as described; the

employment of al1 adjustable tube C, for the purposes specified.

HENRYABEL WEBEER; CHARLES, REIFSNYDER. Witnesses:

W. E. MARES, GEO. B. NICHOLS. 

